Ruby Marie Deaton

Ruby Marie Deaton, 79, of Alamo, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

She was a homemaker and a member of Providence Baptist Church.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Prince officiating. Burial will be in Providence Cemetery.

The family will receive visitors at 5-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Survivors include a daughter, Ann James of Humboldt; a son, David Meeks of Minneapolis, Minn.; two sisters, Mai Myers of Bells and Geraldine Fennel of Alamo; a brother, W.H. Fennel of Friendship; and three grandchildren, Rhonda Deal of Dyersburg, Paul James of Humboldt and Chris Meeks of Arkansas.

Pallbearers will be Paul James, Durwood Meeks, Joel Deal, Marcus Fennel, Chris Bryan and Mike Pryor.